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Able Seaman GERALD BARTLETT SHORT

Service Number: D/JX184619
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

29. E. 7.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Katherine Jessie Short, of Hove, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription ALTHOUGH SO FAR AWAY, MY THOUGHTS NEVER STRAY FROM THE ONE I LOVE SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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